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By Roger Annis, A Socialist In Canada, Oct 18, 2017 The European aircraft manufacturing conglomerate Airbus has gained majority ownership of the ‘C Series’ passenger jet program of Montreal-based Bombardier Inc. The price to Airbus? …

News compilation published on New Cold War.org, Oct 18, 2017 Three news reports are enclosed reporting on the grave setbacks to Kurdish national aspirations that have taken place in northern Iraq in recent days. Introduction …

News compilation on A Socialist In Canada, Oct 13, 2017 Introduction by Roger Annis: U.S. warplanes continue to rain death and destruction on the civilians of Raqqa as the U.S. its allied ground forces, the …

By Roger Annis, A Socialist In Canada, Oct 11, 2017 The Canadian Parliament has approved a ‘Magnitsky Act’ for Canada. Bill S-226 increases existing threats against the Russian people and government, specifically increasing sanctions against …

By Steve Ellner, published in Monthly Review, Vol 69, #5, October 2017 (with additional related readings further below) The Venezuelan experience of nearly two decades of radicalization, extreme social and political polarization, and right-wing insurgence …

By John Pilger, published on his website, Oct 6, 2017 ‘The Labour Party is the beneficiary of a socially progressive mood among the British electorate. But many of its pledges – certainly in foreign policy …

By Robert Mackey, The Intercept, Oct 3, 2017 (with updates; go to original weblink for extensive photos and video, see below for further related news and analysis) BARCELONA – Businesses ground to a halt here …

By Roger Annis, A Socialist In Canada, Oct 4, 2017 The capitalist expansionism that is destroying the Earth’s ecology is proceeding apace, as evidenced by record auto and truck sales across the planet. Canada is …

By Paul Street, published in CounterPunch, Oct 4, 2017 (with additional, related readings listed below) It’s long past time to start understanding the giant mass shootings that have become part of the new-normal fabric of …

By Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, Sept 28, 2017 Introduction by Roger Annis: The following article by Glenn Greenwald (weblink to the full article is above) should be read in conjunction with the September 26 article …

Roger Annis is a longtime socialist and trade union activist. He began his political activism with the Young Socialists of the day in Nova Scotia while at university. Since then, he has lived in most regions of Canada, including in Montreal where he became fluent in French. He is a retired aerospace worker living in Vancouver. Roger writes regularly on topics of social justice and peace.